Site of the Week 2/10/12: Los Angeles Studios, 2010

Feb 10, 2012 1 Comment by

Sometimes, our travel for Tower Site of the Week doesn’t go well – connections are missed, engineers are deep in crisis mode, and we find ourselves leaving a market without having managed to see everything we came to visit. But other times, everything clicks into place brilliantly – and so it was in April 2010, [...]

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NERW 2/6/2012: Rhode Island PBS funding threatened

Feb 06, 2012 1 Comment

In this week’s issue: RI governor threatens WSBE funding cut – Merlin drops NYC all-news PD – Former Scranton owner’s sentence reduced – Format flip in Maine – Greater Media changes leaders in Boston by SCOTT FYBUSH *Less than a year after New Jersey governor Chris Christie handed over operation of the state’s public TV [...]

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Site of the Week 2/3/12: KRLA 870, Glendale, CA

Feb 03, 2012 5 Comments

Over the years, we’ve chronicled many of the interesting AM sites in and around Los Angeles, but until April 2010, one of the most unusual sites eluded us. Sure, we’d seen the KRLA (870) site up on Eagle Rock in Glendale plenty of times while driving around the area, but we’d never gotten up close [...]

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NERW 1/30/2012: ESPN 97.9 Comes to Hartford

Jan 30, 2012 12 Comments

In this week’s issue: Clear Channel launches FM sports in Hartford – WNED sets date for WBFO takeover – Is WKAJ gone before launching? – Tower down in upstate New York – iHeartRadio adds college signals – Humble & Fred get big podcast partner by SCOTT FYBUSH *It was just over a year ago when [...]

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Site of the Week 1/27/12: Santa Clarita Valley, California

Jan 27, 2012 2 Comments

When you look up “exurb” in the dictionary, the illustration you should see there is the Santa Clarita Valley. 35 miles north of Los Angeles along State Highway 14, the valley is now home to some 200,000 residents, a big amusement park, the Walt Disney-founded CalArts school that’s the destination for anyone pursuing a career [...]

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